* it requires that the complete universe of rows and columns be specified at construction time.
 * Second, it is always backed by an array large enough to hold a value for every possible
 * combination of row and column keys. (This is rarely optimal unless the table is extremely dense.)
 * Finally, every possible combination of row and column keys is always considered to have a value

      delegate.test();
    }
    return this;
  }

  private void testItems() {
    for (T item : items) {
      /*
       * TODO(cpovirk): consider no longer running these equivalent() tests on every Equivalence,
       * since the Equivalence base type now implements this logic itself
       */
      assertTrue(item + " must be inequivalent to null", !equivalence.equivalent(item, null));

   * spread over each second. When the incoming request rate exceeds {@code permitsPerSecond} the
   * rate limiter will release one permit every {@code (1.0 / permitsPerSecond)} seconds. When the
   * rate limiter is unused, bursts of up to {@code permitsPerSecond} permits will be allowed, with

   * Returns the least value present in {@code array}, treating values as unsigned.
   *
   * @param array a <i>nonempty</i> array of {@code byte} values
   * @return the value present in {@code array} that is less than or equal to every other value in
   *     the array according to {@link #compare}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code array} is empty
   */
  public static byte min(byte... array) {
    checkArgument(array.length > 0);

      checkEmpty(entrySet);
      checkEmpty(cache);
    }
  }

  /* ---------------- Local utilities -------------- */

  /** Most of the tests in this class run against every one of these caches. */
  private Iterable<LoadingCache<Object, Object>> caches() {
    // lots of different ways to configure a LoadingCache
    CacheBuilderFactory factory = cacheFactory();
    return Iterables.transform(

   *   <li>{@linkplain LoadingCache#getAll bulk loading requests}, including {@linkplain
   *       CacheLoader#loadAll bulk loading implementations}
   * </ul>
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> For any given key, every {@code loader} used with it should compute the same
   * value. Otherwise, a call that passes one {@code loader} may return the result of another call

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  protected B self() {
    return (B) this;
  }

  // Test Data

  private @Nullable G subjectGenerator;
  // Gets run before every test.
  private Runnable setUp;
  // Gets run at the conclusion of every test.
  private Runnable tearDown;

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  protected B usingGenerator(G subjectGenerator) {
    this.subjectGenerator = subjectGenerator;
    return self();

   *     separator
   */
  public abstract BaseEncoding withPadChar(char padChar);

  /**
   * Returns an encoding that behaves equivalently to this encoding, but adds a separator string
   * after every {@code n} characters. Any occurrences of any characters that occur in the separator
   * are skipped over in decoding.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any alphabet or padding characters appear in the separator

   *       exceptions).
   * </ul>
   *
   * <p>The overall principle is to continue to treat every checked exception as a checked
   * exception, every unchecked exception as an unchecked exception, and every error as an error. In
   * addition, the cause of any {@code ExecutionException} is wrapped in order to ensure that the
   * new stack trace matches that of the current thread.

   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> This method ignores how often any element might appear in {@code c}, and only
   * cares whether or not an element appears at all. If you wish to remove one occurrence in this
   * multiset for every occurrence in {@code c}, see {@link Multisets#removeOccurrences(Multiset,
   * Multiset)}.
   *
   * <p>This method refines {@link Collection#removeAll} to further specify that it <b>may not</b>